Otopleura auriscati

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Otopleura auriscati
Drawing of a shell of Otopleura auriscati
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Otopleura
Species: O. auriscati
Binomial name
Otopleura auriscati
(Holten, 1802)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyramidella auriscati Holten, 1802
  • Pyramidella plicata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
  • Pyramidella spiralis Wood

Otopleura auriscati, common name the cat's ear pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The smooth, white shell is longitudinally ribbed, with the ribs ending in nodules at the sutures. The shell has spiral rows of chestnut spots. The interstices of the ribs are spirally striated. The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 30 mm. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Red Sea
  • Madagascar, Mauritius
  • Indonesia, the Philippines
  • Japan

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Otopleura auriscati (Holten, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217259 on 2012-01-12
  2. ↑ Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 305 (described as Pyramidella (Otopleura) auris-cati)
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

External identifiers for Otopleura auriscati
Encyclopedia of Life 4812934
WoRMS 217259
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